Students from all around Stanislaus County will be bringing their best work this Saturday to the National History Day competition held in Patterson. This year’s theme is Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas.
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A job applicant was recently asked by a potential employer on LinkedIn, “So, what salary range are you targeting?”
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A new facility coming to Turlock will transform the tons of food wasted from local grocery stores and other food retailers into renewable energy.
Have you watched others on the dance floor and wondered if the salsa could be your dance? Are you willing to give it a try? Are you 50 years or older? For those answering yes, there is a class in Patterson for you.
Habitat for Humanity Stanislaus County and Habitat for Humanity Westside Merced County have merged and will be called Habitat for Humanity Merced/Stanislaus Counties, serving the entire area.
In the past few years, the role of school custodians has never been more important. To honor their hard work and dedication, Cintas Corporation launches its 10th annual Cintas Custodian of the Year contest, which honors standout school custodians. Submit nominations at custodianoftheyear.com…
For decades the Gustine Historical Society has been inviting the public in to learn about the history of the town. Now, the Society is looking at a way to bring the history to the public.
The Gustine Downtown Business Association was able to host marketing and networking classes, launch a social media magazine, create a tourism website, award a start-up business grant and complete several community and beautification projects.
GES counselor Adriana Herrera visited 3rd-5th grade classrooms Jan. 13 for a presentation and activity to learn about the Chinese Lunar Year. Each student took home a coupon for a free meal and a discount coupon for a family order from Panda Express. The company supplied the learning materia…
Assemblymember Juan Alanis (R-Modesto) received this week a Vice Chairmanship and additional committee assignments in the California State Assembly. While representing the 22nd Assembly District in the legislature, Alanis will now serve as the Vice Chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety.
TOCKTON — Think the Trans-Valley League is one of the best small-school football leagues in all of California?
If you’re out for a walk near Schmidt Park on a weekday morning, don’t be alarmed if you hear someone shout out, “Great dink!” as you stroll by the tennis courts. It’s just a group of picklers practicing their game shots and congratulating one another.
With a few predicted dry days on the horizon, Westside residents will have a chance to hopefully see some of the water recede and assess any potential damage from the series of storms that has battered the area.
Kindness is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.
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Mexican folk-dance lessons begin this week at the West Side Theatre. Registrations to join in the fun, social, creative classes are being accepted through the month.
Gustine students and staff can look forward to updated school cafeteria menus next school year.
California storm victims, which includes those in Stanislaus and Merced counties, have an extra month to file their state and federal income tax returns and claims a deduction for disaster loss.
The Gustine Police Department is seeking information on the person(s) who illegally dumped eight Sheppard-Husky mix puppies in Gustine on Jan. 10.
Supervisor Channce Condit was unanimously elected to serve as Chairman of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisor’s during the Jan. 10 board meeting.
Scott Kuykendall was officially sworn in as the Stanislaus County superintendent of schools Jan. 3 at the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors’ Chambers. The ceremony marked the start of Kuykendall’s second four-year term at the position after he ran unopposed during the June 7 California …
Friends and family gathered Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of Harold Dean Canter. The surprise event took place in Pizza Plus in Newman. Canter is a retired teacher, coach and mentor, working half of his life for NCLUSD.
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The Department of Water Resources conducted the first snow survey of the season on Tuesday at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 55.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 17.5 inches, which is 177 percent of average for this location. The snow water equivalent measur…
After five months and the same amount of negotiation meetings Gustine Unified School District and the Gustine Romero Teachers Association have agreed on a new contract for the 2022-23 school year. The tentative agreement was ratified by both parties and brought to the school board for approv…
Whichcraft Tap has their official grand opening celebration set for Saturday, but already the new Gustine business is being touted as a welcome addition to the downtown area.
The coffee shop in Newman known as But First, Coffee is soon reopening with new owners and a new name.
There has been a buzz brewing through town about activity in the downtown building which had been home to The Grille. The once popular restaurant closed in April 2020 when a fire broke out in the kitchen. Now seeing people in and out working on the site has brought curiosity and anticipated …
New preliminary data has been shared by the Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services detailing the severity of the fentanyl crisis in Turlock and Stanislaus County as a whole.
The Newman City Council on Tuesday is expected to enter into a contract with an architectural agency to develop a Parks and Recreation master plan.
After a tumultuous year for gas prices, some relief may be on the way in 2023. The yearly national average price of gas in 2023 is forecast to drop nearly 50 cents per gallon from that of 2022 to $3.49, according to GasBuddy’s 2023 Fuel Outlook released this past week.
The Merced County Emergency Operations Center is rolling out a new public safety map that will help residents identify the location of potential storm hazards.
The Stanislaus County Health Services Agency, Public Health Division has received grant money from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to fund the Injury Prevention Program.
U.S. farms sold more than $11 billion worth of certified organic commodities in 2021, an increase of 13 percent over the 2019 total of $9.9 billion, according to numbers released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The series of storms that continue to batter California has caused significant flooding of roads around the Westside and residents are being advised to prepare should evacuation orders be issued.
Visiting a cemetery can be a travel back in time, a glimpse of days gone by. By reading headstones and grave markers, one can ascertain a bit of what life was like in a community.
Tickets are available for the 2023 concert season at the Westside Theatre, which again features a variety of genres and popular bands. The concerts have been bringing full houses since the theatre reopened to live audiences the summer of 2021.
The downpour and gusty winds that rolled through the Westside this last weekend caused Orestimba Creek to overflow onto several roads in Newman and fallen trees and branches around Gustine.
Stanislaus and Merced counties each saw their unemployment rates spike during the month of November, according to new data provided by the California Employment Development Department.
As the year came to a close, Stanislaus County marked the first and second deaths of individuals younger than 65 years old from the influenza virus. Both were men.
The Merced County Probation Department is slated to receive $2.5 million in grant funds to create a "community alternatives to incarceration" program.
Not building the controversial Delta tunnel means Southern California and Bay Area cities would need to invest in desalination plants and groundwater recharge of brackish water that could impact the visual pleasantries of coastal scenery.
Milk prices already shattered records this year, and historical trends suggest they should end 2022 with a bang.
The State of California has appropriated over $3.5 billion from the general fund to the Department of Education to establish the Art, Music and Instructional Materials Discretional Block Grant.
Rising rates are having a disproportionate effect on the San Joaquin Valley economy, according to the newest Valley Business Forecast report produced by Gökçe Soydemir, the Foster Farms endowed professor of business economics at Stanislaus State.
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Area Representative Josh Harder recently introduced the Better Data for Cleaner Air Act to tackle the Central Valley’s air pollution crisis by improving tracking and reporting of air quality in at-risk communities nationwide. The bill will place 1,000 air sensors in high-risk areas across th…
Wearing a face covering during upcoming holiday gatherings may be a good idea, according to local health experts, as the flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses are coming on strong this winter season.
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The City of Gustine bid farewell to Derek Alexander and swore in Mayor Pat Nagy and Councilmembers Rich Ford and Sherri Marsigli. Alexander, who lost his bid for re-election, was thanked by Mayor Nagy for his four years of service and helping guide the “city with dignity, insight and experience.”
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